This article is originated from the New York Post by Hana R Alberts. Standing on a boat, with impenetrably blue ocean in every direction as far as I can see, I’m 6,283 miles away from New York, 4,940 miles away from Santiago, 2,545 miles away from Auckland and 5,897 miles away from Tokyo. It’s the […]

The article is originated from TNTV. TRANSPORT – The Polynesian Shipping Company hopes to put into service a new vessel, the Aranui VI, by 2022. Aranui V set off for Pitcairn this Thursday morning for the first time. “In less than 3 weeks, the trip was complete, we had to schedule a second trip (…) the […]

This article was originated from the Cruise Industry News. Aranui will add a second ship into service as early as 2022, according to local media reports, as the luxury cargo/passenger line looks to expand its cruise operation. Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM), which operates the Aranui 5 in French Polynesia, has reportedly ordered the […]

Goto Slide 10 via this link. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/top-21-cruises-best-ships/ MARQUESAS Half cruise ship, half freighter, the Aranui 5 spotlights its friendly local crew on its 14-day voyage to this remote South Pacific archipelago. They share family stories while leading trips to ancient tiki sites and tropical gardens. PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES D. MORGAN, GETTY IMAGES

By Rosemary McClure. This is a LA Times Article http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-freighter-20170129-story.html No one would call the Aranui 5 a thing of beauty. Half cruise ship and half freighter, it has a cockeyed profile that only its maker could love. It may not look like much, but it manages to sail to some of the most beautiful islands in […]